Pete's 2000 GT
4/27/11, 12:43 AM
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I'm doing about 50 miles per day on the highway, and very little city driving. I have been known to smoke the rears every now and again, but mostly I'm a very cautious/timid driver, and expected much better gas mileage than I've been getting. It's kind of funny, because when I clear the code with an OBDII reader the car runs much better until the codes come back on.
4/27/11, 08:04 AM
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In my 99 GT i used to get around 17-19 depending on how much highway. Straight highway i used to get 27.
The 03 cobra I average 13. havn't done any highway driving with it yet.
The 03 cobra I average 13. havn't done any highway driving with it yet.
4/27/11, 05:36 PM
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Hit up autotrix.com to get the reflasher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UndL8...e_gdata_player
Theres the link, love the results. (friends car, beat me to the punch on buyin this beauty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UndL8...e_gdata_player
Theres the link, love the results. (friends car, beat me to the punch on buyin this beauty
5/11/11, 02:12 AM
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Kinda dark, but
I can not believe how drastic of a change both the subframe connectors and the cats made. The cats really quieted down the exhaust, but it really helped with the tone which sounds extremely good.
Everyone says that subframe connectors should be your first mod on these cars, and after today I can't agree more. I've dropped a lot of dough into my suspension (Konis, H&R Springs, Watts Link, etc) and putting the subframe connectors on just topped my list. It feels like everything just works better now. I took an offramp today that I usually need to take around 45, at 55 and felt completely in control still. The difference is amazing.
I can not believe how drastic of a change both the subframe connectors and the cats made. The cats really quieted down the exhaust, but it really helped with the tone which sounds extremely good.
Everyone says that subframe connectors should be your first mod on these cars, and after today I can't agree more. I've dropped a lot of dough into my suspension (Konis, H&R Springs, Watts Link, etc) and putting the subframe connectors on just topped my list. It feels like everything just works better now. I took an offramp today that I usually need to take around 45, at 55 and felt completely in control still. The difference is amazing.
5/11/11, 07:53 PM
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Thats great news Peter. I want to add them to my car too since everyone says the cars behavior changes cimpletely.
5/12/11, 12:14 PM
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It really feels like the suspension can finally do its job. There are some roads around here that are pretty bad, and my car used to bounce around all over the place, but now I can feel the suspension going through the motions rather than the bumps just getting absorbed by the chassis.
5/13/11, 12:27 AM
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Yup. They had no provisions for bolting them on, so they were "just" welded on. I'm pretty sure that once you weld them in place the bolts aren't doing too much anymore though. I bet it makes the install a dream: Bolt on, weld, done. Rather than having to hold them in place.
5/13/11, 12:46 AM
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Welding is the preferred method since bolts subjected to those kinds of stresses will stretch eventually. I probably missed it, but who made your SFC's - I noticed the X-brace. Did you add that and does it make servicing stuff under the car more difficult? So, when are the jacking rails and "matrix braces" going on to augment the SFC's?
5/14/11, 03:01 AM
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Welding is the preferred method since bolts subjected to those kinds of stresses will stretch eventually. I probably missed it, but who made your SFC's - I noticed the X-brace. Did you add that and does it make servicing stuff under the car more difficult? So, when are the jacking rails and "matrix braces" going on to augment the SFC's?
I would think that servicing under the car should be just as easy. It's well out of the way of the tranny, and it's over the exhaust, so the only thing it's really "in the way" of us the driveshaft, but it's hard to have a driveshaft loop that isn't near the driveshaft.
Speaking of servicing the tranny, it feels like the clutch is really starting to go. I was driving up some twisty mountain roads today, and the smell of burnt clutch was pretty obvious. I figure the T-45 should be just as easy to change the clutch on as the T-5, right?
5/14/11, 06:53 AM
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The SFC's are from EVM (the same company who made my Watts) and came with the X-Brace pre-welded on. Although jacking rails would be nice it's pretty hard for me to believe that anything is going to make this big of a leap (chassis stiffness-wise), so it's hard to dump more into it.
I would think that servicing under the car should be just as easy. It's well out of the way of the tranny, and it's over the exhaust, so the only thing it's really "in the way" of us the driveshaft, but it's hard to have a driveshaft loop that isn't near the driveshaft.
Speaking of servicing the tranny, it feels like the clutch is really starting to go. I was driving up some twisty mountain roads today, and the smell of burnt clutch was pretty obvious. I figure the T-45 should be just as easy to change the clutch on as the T-5, right?
I would think that servicing under the car should be just as easy. It's well out of the way of the tranny, and it's over the exhaust, so the only thing it's really "in the way" of us the driveshaft, but it's hard to have a driveshaft loop that isn't near the driveshaft.
Speaking of servicing the tranny, it feels like the clutch is really starting to go. I was driving up some twisty mountain roads today, and the smell of burnt clutch was pretty obvious. I figure the T-45 should be just as easy to change the clutch on as the T-5, right?